Tash Farrant
Personal information
Full name
Natasha Eleni Farrant
Born (1996-05-29) 29 May 1996 (age 27)
Athens, Greece
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 125)3 November 2013 v West Indies
Last ODI8 February 2022 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 32)5 July 2013 v Pakistan
Last T20I9 September 2021 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012–presentKent
2016–2019Southern Vipers
2016/17Western Australia
2020–presentSouth East Stars
2021–presentOval Invincibles
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 6 18 59 111
Runs scored 42 7 375 372
Batting average 14.00 7.00 12.93 10.05
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 22 3* 45 37
Balls bowled 253 388 2,849 2,208
Wickets 5 15 87 121
Bowling average 38.00 27.00 19.43 17.37
5 wickets in innings 0 0 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/31 2/15 6/16 4/10
Catches/stumpings 1/– 4/– 11/– 26/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 October 2023

Natasha Eleni Farrant (born 29 May 1996) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent, South East Stars, Oval Invincibles and England. She plays as a left-arm fast-medium bowler. She has previously played for Southern Vipers in the Women's Cricket Super League, as well as spending a season with Western Australia.[1]

Early life

Farrant was born in Athens, Greece.[1] She started playing for a Kent Women junior team at the age of eight.[2] She attended Sevenoaks School, and at the age of 11, she joined the boys' school team.[3]

Domestic career

Farrant made her Kent senior team debut in 2012, and took 5/9 in the match.[4] She was part of the Kent side that won the 2016 Women's County Championship after winning seven of their eight matches.[5] In that season's match between Kent Women and Staffordshire Women, Farrant took six wickets for 16 runs.[6]

In 2016, Farrant signed for Southern Vipers ahead of the inaugural Women's Cricket Super League.[6] During the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League, Farrant took a hat-trick for Southern Vipers against Lancashire Thunder. Thunder won the match nevertheless.[7] She took 12 wickets in the group stage of the 2019 Women's Cricket Super League, more than any other player,[8] and 14 wickets in the whole tournament.[9] In the final, Farrant took 2/19, the best figures by a Vipers bowler, as they lost to Western Storm.[10] Since 2019, Farrant has worked with Trent College coach Scott Boswell,[2] and she has worked as the head of girls' cricket at Trent College.[11]

Farrant was given a regional retainer contract for the 2020 season.[4] She captained the South East Stars in that season's Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[12] Farrant chose to represent the South East regional hub after she rejected an offer from the East Midlands hub.[2] In December 2020, Farrant was one of 41 women's cricketers given a full-time domestic cricket contract.[11][13] In 2021, she was signed by the Oval Invincibles for The Hundred[14] and won the title with them.[15]

Farrant was again signed by the Oval Invincibles for the 2022 season of The Hundred, and played one match for South East Stars in the 2022 Charlotte Edwards Cup, but missed the rest of the 2022 season due to a back injury.[16][17][18]

International career

Farrant has played for the England under-19s.[3] In 2013, at the age of 17, she received her first call up for the England women's cricket team, for a series against Pakistan.[19] Regular bowlers Katherine Brunt and Laura Marsh were injured, which allowed Farrant to be called up.[20] Farrant made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut in the series. She took two wickets in her second over,[21] and finished with figures of 2/15.[22] Later in the year, Farrant played one Women's One Day International (WODI) against the West Indies.[20] She was the youngest member of the England squad that won the 2013–14 Ashes in Australia.[23]

In April 2014, she was one of 18 players awarded the first set of England and Wales Cricket Board central contracts for women players.[24] She was the youngest recipient of a central contract.[25] In April 2015, she was named in the England women's Academy squad tour to Dubai, where England women played their Australian counterparts in two 50-over games, and two Twenty20 matches.[26] Between 2014 and 2016, Farrant did not play any international matches, but she returned to the England squad in 2016 replacing the injured Katherine Brunt.[22] Farrant was named in the England squad for the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20, the first time that she has been selected for an ICC event.[27][28] She did not play any matches, but kept her squad place for the Pakistan ODI series.[29] In October 2018, she was named in England's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[30][31] She did not make an appearance in the tournament.[32] Between 2013 and 2018, Farrant made 15 appearances for England.[11] In 2019, Farrant's ECB central contract was terminated.[32]

In January 2021, Farrant was recalled to the England team for their series against New Zealand, as Anya Shrubsole and Katie George were injured.[33] She played in a warm up game, taking 1/17 in her first appearance in an England shirt since 2018.[11] She played in the first match of the series, her first WODI appearance in eight years. She took two wickets in the match.[25] In June 2021, Farrant was named as in England's Test squad for their one-off match against India.[34][35] In November 2021, Farrant regained her central contract with England.[36] The following month, Farrant was named in England's squad for their tour to Australia to contest the Women's Ashes.[37] In February 2022, she was named in England's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[38]

References

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  2. ^ a b c "This is what it means for us to go pro". The Cricketer. 30 June 2020. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Tash Farrant". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Kent players Alice Davidson-Richards and Tash Farrant agree deals with South East Stars while Scotland's Sarah Bryce is selected by the East Midlands Regional Hub". KM Media Group. 26 June 2020. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  5. ^ Menon, Suresh (February 2017). Wisden India Almanack 2017. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9789385936500. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Squad:Southern Vipers". The Ageas Bowl. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Tash Farrant's hat-trick overshadowed as Emma Lamb takes Thunder's best figures". ESPNcricinfo. 29 July 2018. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Tash Farrant says Southern Vipers will feel right at home on Finals Day at Hove". Sky Sports. 29 August 2019. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  9. ^ "KSL TEAM OF THE SEASON: Danni Wyatt and Freya Davies the obvious choices but who else makes the cut?". The Cricketer. 2 September 2019. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Women's Super League: Western Storm beat Southern Vipers to win title". BBC Sport. 1 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d "England in New Zealand: Tash Farrant on 'unfinished business' after recall". BBC Sport. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  12. ^ "South East Stars announce squad for Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy; Tash Farrant to lead". Women's CricZone. 18 August 2020. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Mady Villiers, Tash Farrant among latest women's Hundred signings". ESPNcricinfo. 22 January 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  15. ^ "The Hundred: Oval Invincibles win women's final as Southern Brave capitulate in Lord's chase".
  16. ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  18. ^ "Tash Farrant to miss remainder of 2022 season after suffering stress fracture in back". the Cricketer. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  19. ^ "Three uncapped players for England". ESPNcricinfo. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
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  22. ^ a b "Natasha Farrant". CricBuzz. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  23. ^ "Sports Star Of The Week – Part One: Tash Farrant". Glamour. 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  24. ^ "England women earn 18 new central contracts". BBC. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original on 7 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  25. ^ a b "Tash Farrant returns as Tammy Beaumont leads England home". The Cricketer. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  26. ^ "Lauren Winfield: Injured batter misses England Academy tour". BBC. 20 March 2015. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  27. ^ "Farrant named in England's WWT20 squad". Cricket World. 17 February 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  28. ^ "Women's World Twenty20: England include Katherine Brunt in squad". The Guardian. 17 February 2016. Archived from the original on 22 June 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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  32. ^ a b "Mark Robinson explains the decision to release Tash Farrant from her central contract". Sky Sports. 10 February 2019. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  33. ^ "England women recall Tash Farrant for New Zealand tour". BBC Sport. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  34. ^ "Emily Arlott earns call-up to England Women Test squad". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  35. ^ "Emily Arlott earns maiden call-up as England announce squad for India Test". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  36. ^ "Tash Farrant signs England Women's Central Contract". England and Wales Cricket Board. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  37. ^ "Heather Knight vows to 'fight fire with fire' during Women's Ashes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  38. ^ "Charlie Dean, Emma Lamb in England's ODI World Cup squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

External links

South East Stars – current squad
Oval Invincibles – current squad
England squad – 2016 Women's World Twenty20 semi-finalists
England squad – 2018 Women's World Twenty20 runners-up
England squad – 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup runners-up
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